mexican carry

I think we can label "mexican carry" as wearing your pistol without a holster, and is some manner tucking it into your waistband. The method of carry really doesnt matter. Yes I will carry my 3" J frame like this in the summer when going to supper in town. I never carry 1911 "mexican carry". ALL the rest of the time my pistol is in a holster, my favorite being the "Askins Avenger" style, very simple, tucks the gun in to my side and used to pass the old ipsc backwards somersault test.
My little companion 3" Kimber was sure handy the other day when I had a 2 foot evil thing out the back door. Bad time of year for those bastards, be careful folks.

 

OK boys, Skeeter carried butt to the rear. The Border Patrolman I met back in the early '70s specified butt forward.

Dave

 

In the waistband with good quality belt, Strong side, butt forward, about 3:30 - 4 O'clock..have been known to do this myself quite often with my series 70 Colts or STI Escort cocked and locked condition 1 and a Dallas police officer taught me that for quick concealed carry years and years ago.

 

Does anybody else carry there [sic] 1911 like this?

One wrong move and you'll go from a Mexican to a Mexican't.

No thank you.

 

Did you read the thread?

The same issues happen *with* holsters with plenty of YouTube vids to verify

Yes, I will use "messy can" carry, thank you... which (to Me) means -No holster, chambered/hammer down, anywhere in the belt that prints the least... while you keep your brick holster while wearing light clothes in a HOT Atlanta summer. Something's gotta give, and it's this generation of BULK holsters!

You put up with the craptastic leather out there for big buck$... I won't.

 

i define "mexican carry" as IWB, no holster. i love the conceal-ability and the comfort, but i dont like having nothing guarding the trigger, mag release, safety and i dont like the fact that theres nothing really keeping the gun secure in place. im more worried about the gun falling down my pants than i am it magically going off. i think the likely hood of that is VERY VERY low, but on the other hand its literally my ass at stake and im not risking it. i do my best to keep it concealed but if i get made i dont really give a damn

 

I get real nervous if I don't have a holster that protects the trigger and safety.

 

~Joshua seems to feel very strongly that holsters are evil.

 

Only today's IWB marketing spunk.

I still think OWB, shoulder, ankle, and SOME pocket holsters are worth the cow that died to make the raw material.

Why do I have a single stack weapon compared to a doublestack ammo extravaganza? Because the single stack is thinner, until I insert the iron in a (name your maker) IWB craptastard making it the width of a Triple stack!

 

who cares if he wants to mexican carry?

 

Lemme guess.... They feel they are less likely to shoot themselves or others because their Brick keeps their weapon in a perfect state of ignorance and they want to make sure all the other "lesser" gun owners follow suit or be flamed on some Internet forum.

This plays out over and over and it makes me sick seeing all the bandwagon lemmings.

 

I do it all the time. Especially with a fanny pack. Today, I left the airport and loaded up my gun in the car. Dropped it in my waist-band. I was good to go without having to wait to get home. I also can get more discrete carry options in formal dress. Or in an emergency if I need to change carry methods, I have the low-profile option.

The 1911 with it's thinness and safeties is great for this option. There is one right next to me right now with a clip-draw attached.

I would NEVER carry a Glock this way. Which is why I sold my Glocks.

By null at 2010-01-15

 

IWB holsters are safer and I don't have the problems that ~joshua has. I'll stick with that.

 

i see what hes saying. i carry my 1911 in a supertuck and its god awful uncomfortable... ive mexican carried my P99 chambered and decocked on several occasions and i loved how comfortable it was i was only worried it would fall down my pants and i dont want to adjust it every 5 seconds. i may as well open carry. im looking into a leather OWB for my P99 or my P30 instead.

 

The 1911 is the safest gun for Mexican carry. Your waistband would have to disengage the thumb safety and depress the grip safety while pulling the trigger. That is a lot of things that have to go wrong all at the same time. I would have no problem carrying this way again, as long as you are not running and jumping.

 

eh... youre probably right but i have issues with the weight, it feels like it always wants to fall unless its secured with a holster, and i dont know about yours but mine has a hair trigger and while i realize the odds are astronomical it just gives me the willies

 

I would like to add, since it is always assumed for me...I always use "mexican" cross-draw on my left side. Front. I don't carry with a clip-draw at 3 o'clock or farther back.

The sunny thing is, I have been doing the cross-draw front of the hip for well over a decade. It's VERY fast. And very secure. And has significant advantages for weapon rentention in large crowds.

Everyone poo-poo'ed it but my expiernces with gun-grabbers taught me otherwise.

Than a few of the uber-slick gun-riter types started talking about how cool and fast "appendix" carry was and suddenly I am back in style.

:biglaugh:

I have no point. Other than we each have to find the means of our own salvation.


Regards,
Greyson

 

I like my man-junk way too much for that. No thanks.

 

If it ain't cocked and loaded it don't shoot...that about sums up my feelings on condition one and I'd much rather be able to shoot quick, fast, and in a hurry then when the crap hits the fan and adrenaline is rushing through me and my fine motor skills deteriorate. Far easier to snick off a safety than thumb back a hammer.

As for Mexican carry? No thanks. I've read more than a few stories about fireams falling out and going off. I recall one article by Massad Ayoob that covered stories of people doing the good old Mexican carry and injuring/killing themselves or an innocent bystandard. If a little discomfort means I don't end up with a gaping hole in the ass I'm trying to protect by carrying the damn gun in the first place then I'm all for the discomfort. Try rupturing your achilles tendon twice and having to walk on it or tearing a rotator cuff. There's a lot of things far more uncomfortable than an IWB holster and I'd wager a bullet in my dimpled derrier would be right on the tip top of the list (right after Albanian covers of Neil Diamond and judging a yodeling contest).

Anyone who wants to carry Mexican style is welcome to do so...several zipcodes away from me.

 

Mexican carry is good for me

I've mexican carried a 1911 alot behind my strong side hip. You just have to keep your belt tight. I haven't ever been out in public like that, but have done it quiete a bit with 1911's, and also Glocks when I was in deep cover. I also know of a Government agent who has carried a 1911 mexican carry alot... And used the 1911... Alot!

This is my first posting too, so I hope I can be of some help on the subject

 

Definitely not an expert on carry situations (I live in Canada where carry isn't an option for the average person). I'd always thought the phrase "mexican carry" in common usage meant no holster, behind the hip bone. I guess the phrase originally just meant tucking your pistola in your waistband, wonder if the banditos argued about where the best place to stick it was.

There seems to be some disagreement about what it means now, and whether or not its a good idea. I'd agree that a good holster should offer more protection to the controls of the pistol. I'd also agree that at your side is better than in the front (we're all afraid of the AD in the crotch).

I don't wear baggy pants, and always wear a solid belt. It is very comfortable to simply tuck it in at the hip, slightly canted forward. If I carried, and was in a situation where I had to run, I don't think it would be an issue. Hard to say though since I've never been in that situation.

Moot point from me though, still a Canuck! And my name isn't because I'm necessarily endorsing the method, I just thought it was a funny handle for cowboy action.

To wrap this post up, my opinion is this: in belt at hip is ok (not as secure as a holster obviously), but much better than in front of pants or in small of back. Just my inexperienced opinion.